Hot face and itching skin

Symptoms and treatments
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Hi all, I’m new here and fairly recently diagnosed with RRMS.
I have constant tingling/sensory sensations in my left hand which along with Optic Neuritis led to diagnosis.
I have other sensory/tingling sensations which come and go, Lhermittes as soon as I bend my head.

But most recently I have a very itchy face and it feels hot, eyebrows/eyelids, neck, cheeks all affected. I wake up and everything is puffy and itching :confused:

Currently trying antihistamines and Aveeno cream, with little effect.

I am on Pregablin for my hand (just increased dosage from 50mg to 150mg a day) and about to start Tecfidera.

Any suggestions gratefully received

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That doesn’t sound like MS itching to me unless you’re scratching in your sleep or something.Certainly MS can create weird and infuriating itching but it doesn’t usually show.

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Meant to say – the best symptomatic treatment of MS itching that I have found is cold water. Running the affected part under a cold tap or standing under a cold shower can for me often confuse the muddled pain messages enough to resolve itching. Most MS symptoms are made worse by overheating and improved by reducing temperature – it’s something to do with the way overheating scrambles and disrupts nerve conduction.

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sounds to me you have an allergy to something. as you are about to tacke Tecfidera i would talk to your MS team first.

I get the itchy face, and scalp but no puffy.

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